Future of Work: Creating a Great Experience to Optimize Performance
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  • September 19 - 19, 2019
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
    Event: 2019 ULI Fall Meeting
    Session Type: Concurrent Session
    Session Capacity: N/A


    The workplace serves as a vital part of our daily lives and a major occupier of the built environment. With a rapidly changing business climate, organizations today recognize that talent competition, emerging technologies, and the experience economy are driving the evolution of work. Since 2005, Gensler has closely studied the trends affecting workplaces to better understand what drives employee effectiveness and, ultimately, what leads to great work environments. Janet Pogue McLaurin, global leader of Gensler's workplace practice, and Jeff Barber, Gensler's firmwide Design Experience Leader, will present key findings from Gensler's 2019 U.S. Workplace Survey and discuss how that is shaping the workplace and the future of building design. The session will include a compelling panel discus...
Session Speakers
Barber Jeff
Organization: Gensler


Jeff serves as Gensler’s Firmwide Design Experience Leader with a deep background in Gensler’s Office Building practice. Jeff is an award-winning architect and with extensive experience leading large integrated projects— providing expertise on the design of the base building, as well as the interiors. His point of view bridges the shared interest of both building owner and user to create designs

Cohen Stacey
Organization: Marriott


Stacey has had a 16-year long career in corporate real estate with Marriott International and is currently their Sr. Director of Corporate Facilities, Services and Real Estate. Her current focus and project is the development of Marriott’s new 22-story global headquarters in downtown Bethesda, which features a cutting-edge and sustainable workplace with state-of-the-art technology, modern ameniti

Pogue McLaurin Janet


Janet Pogue McLaurin is a global leader of Gensler’s Workplace Sector, with a particular focus on corporate headquarters projects. During her time at Gensler, Janet has been instrumental in leading Gensler’s workplace research including the 2006, 2008, 2013, 2016, and 2019 U.S. Workplace Survey, and developing Gensler’s Workplace Performance Index tool, which measures workplace effectiveness for

Striff Dawn
Organization: Nestlé


Dawn is responsible for all Workplace Solutions functions – including Real Estate, Facilities Management and Workplace Design and Build, for all Nestle operating companies in North America. With over 25 years of experience in Finance and leadership roles, Dawn currently serves as Head of Workplace Solutions for Nestlé USA. Dawn manages a portfolio of over 45 locations with almost 14M square
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